Tents, what was and what will be?
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My day pack is developing holes in the bottom, so I'm looking for a new one. I have some thoughts on what, but not a lot of feeling like I can actually afford anything at the moment. If I'm honest, those holes are tiny and in a very thick nylon and it'll probably last another couple years before it starts dropping my gear. Also, I'm not using the side pockets anymore so it doesn't matter that they've completely shredded. In classic mission creep fashion, I've found myself looking at tents instead. With no budget, I get to think about what I would really like if money were no object. That's definitely Dyneema. (Formerly Cuben Fiber.) What follows is a bit of random mussing about the tents of my childhood followed by a little on tent materials, and a catalog of sorts of the tents offered in Dyneema. Oh, and bonus bad sketches of tents from memory. When we were little, there was the umbrella tent. I have no idea why it is called an umbrella tent and it ce